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Ufahamu: a Journal of African Studies UCLA Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies Title Directory: African Liberation Movements and Support Groups Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/85p33873 Journal Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies, 3(2) ISSN 0041-5715 Author Berman, Sanford Publication Date 1972 DOI 10.5070/F732016403 Peer reviewed eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California -171- DII{CfORY: AFRICAN LIBERATIOO r1MltNTS AND SIFffiRT ---GIUPS*· by Sanford Berman (Ed. Note: Both this Directory and the Spring 1972 Bib Ziogrc:q;hy, "African Liberation Movements 11 (Vo Z. III, No. 1) will be regularly updated by the compiler in future issues. Additions and corrections should be directed to the Compiler, c/o UFAHAMU.) AFRICAN LIBERATIOO fiMI'fNTS Frente Nacional de Libertacao de Angola (FNLA/Angolan National -Liberation Front)§ ·- Founded in 1962 by merger of Uniao dos Populacoes de Angola (UPA) and Partido Democratico Angolano (PDA). Established Governo Revolucionario de Angola no Exilio (GRAE/Angolan Revolutionary Government in Exile) 1962. Leader and GRAE Premier: Holden Roberto. Zaire Republic: Ministere de l'Information, Planet Economie, G.R.A.E., B.P. 1320, Kinshasa. Organ: Actualites (no. 3 dated March 1971). §[Recognized by the O.A.U.] *Dates in parentheses f ollowing periodical titles repre­ sent first year of pubZication. The abbreviation "AIP" indicates that a full list of material may be found in the 2nd ed. of Alternatives in Print (Columbus, Ohio: Office of Educational Services, Ohio State University Libraries, 1972). -172- Movimento _PopuZar de Libertaaao de AngoZa (MPLA/PeopZe's Movement for the Liberation of AngoZa/Mouvement PopuZaire pour Za Liberation de Z'AngoZa)§ - Founded 10 Dec. 1956. "Revolutionary action" begun at Luanda, 4 Feb. 1961. First Regional Conference inside Angola held 23 Aug . 1968. President: Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto. Congo (People's Republic): Departement de 1 'Information et Propagande, B.P. 2353, Brazzaville. Bi-monthly French-1 anguage "organe d' Information et de combat" : Vitoria ou morte. 50 Francs CFA or 1 Franc FF p.a. (surface), 15 FF (air). Tanzania: DIP Delegation, Mkwepu Street, P.O. Box 20793, Dares Salaam (phone: 24292); P.O. Box 750, Mbeya (phone : 297). English-language "information organ" (8-page letterpress tabloid): AngoZa in arms {1967). $2 p.a. (Africa), $4 (U.S.A./Canada/Asia), Shs. 10/- (Tanzania), $3 (Latin America). Also available from LSM Information Center @ $5 p.a. U.S.: 191 Willoughby Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201. Representatives: Abdel Guimares, Pedro Sousa. Zambia: P.O . Box 1595, Lusaka. Note: MPLA-SAM (Service de Assistencia Medica) at same address. §[Recognized by the O.A.U.] Uniao NaaionaZ Para ~ Independenaia TotaZ de AngoZa (UNITAl NationaZ Union for the TotaZ Independence of AngoZa) § -Founded March 1966. President: Dr. Joseph Savimbi. U.S. c/o S. Lukata, 203 West 74th Street, New York, N.Y. 10023. Zambia: Information Department, P.O. Box 2246, Lusaka. §[Not Recognized by the O.A.U.] -173- Mouvement pour Z'Autodetermination et Z'Independence de l 'Archipel Canarien (MPAI AC/Movement for the SeZf­ Determi1ation and Independence of the Canary Archi­ pelago) - Founded in 1964 "to establish in time a Socialist Republic on the African Archipelago of the Canary Islands." Algeria: B.P. 216, Algiers §[Recognition granted - Full formal recognition by the O.A.U. pending.] Mouvement de Liberation Nationale des Comoros (MOLINACO/ National~iberation Moveme nt of the Comoros )§ -Founded 1963. Secretary-General: Abdou Bakari Boina; Assistant Secretary-General: Ali Mohamed Hassani. Tanzania: Chagga Street, P.O. Box 20726, Dar es Salaam (phone: 24372) . Irreg. mimeod vehicle (in Swahili, French, or English): Bulletin (1965) . Free. Postage coupons required for overseas mailings. §[Recognized by the O.A.U.] ------GUHfA-BISSAI.J Frente para ~ Libertacao §!_ Independencia da Guine (FLING/ National Independence Front of Guinea)§ - Founded 1963. Consists of r~ouvement de Liberati on de la Guin~e dite portugaise (MLG) and Union des Populations de Guinee dite portugaise (UPG). MLG leader: Francoise Mendy; UPG leader: Benjamin Pinto-Bull. Senegal: Dakar. §[Not Recognized by the O.A.U.] -174- Pa:rt ido Africano da Independencia da Guine ~ Cabo Verde (PAI GC/African Pa:rty for the Independence of Guine and Cape Verde )§ - Founded 9 Sept. 1956. Military action on Northern Front launched 30 June 1963. First Congress held in Guine, 13 Feb. 1964. Secretary-General: Amilcar Cabral. Guinea: Secretariat General, B.P. 298, Cona kry. Quarterly French-language bulletin: ActuaZites. English­ language version available from LSM Information Center @ $5 p.a. • Senegal : B. P. 2.319, Dakar. §[Recognized by the O.A.U.] Comite RevoZucionario de Mocambique (COREMO/Mozambique RevoZutiona:ry Committee )§ - Founded 1965 by fusion of five nationalist parties. President: Paulo Jose Gumane; Secretary-General: Absolom T. Bahule. U.S.: 317 West 108th Street, No. 6, New York, N.Y. 10025. Representative: Artur Vilankulu. Issues Newsletter (no. 1 dated Jan. 1972). Zambia: P.O . Box 1493, Lusaka. Mimeod, English-language bulletin: 0 combatent e . §[Semi-Official Recognition granted by the O.A.U.] Frente de Liber tacao de Mocambique (FRELIMO/Moz ambique Liberation Front)§ - Founded 25 June 1962. Armed revolt begun 25 Sept. 1964. First President, Eduardo C. Mondlane, assassinated 3 Feb. 1969. President: Samora Moises Machel; Vice­ President: Marcelino dos Santos. Algeria: 26 Rue de la Liberte, Algiers. -175- Tanzania: Information Dept., 201 Nkrumah Street, P.O. Box 15274, Dares Salaam (phone: 28521). Information Secretary: Jorge Rebelo. Quarterly letterpress organ: Mozambique Pevolution (1963). $7 p.a. (Australia/New Zealand/Far East/U.S.A./Canada/ Latin America), £2 (Europe/India/Pakistan/Ceylon), E A Shs. 9/- (East Africa). Also available@ $5 p.a. from LSM Information Center. Occasional booklets and posters sent to MR subscribers at no extra charge. Swahili-language bulletin (1971). Free in East Africa. U.A.R.: Hassan Pasha Assim Street 27, Apt. 10, Zamalek, Cairo. U.S.: 1133 Broadway, Room 341, New York, N.Y. 10010; 98-32 57th Avenue, Apt. 10-A, Brisbane Building, Lefrak City, N.Y. 11368. U.S./U.N. representative: Sharfudine M. Khan. Zambia: P.O. Box 768, Lusaka. §[Recognized by the O.A.U.] f'W1IBIA South West A[riaa National Union (SWANU) § - Acting President: Gerson Veii (imprisoned since 1967); Vice-President: Willie Uatjo Kakueto. Linked with Pan Africanist Congress of Azania. Sweden: SWANU External Council, Studentbacken 25 C/104, 115 40 Stockholm. Quarterly organ: South West A[Piaa review. 16 Sw Kr p.a. (Scandinavia), £1.10 (Europe), US$ 6 (elsewhere). §[Not Recognized by the O.A.U.] South West A[riaan National United Front (SWANUF) ----:--i)eCTSlon to form "provision a 1 government in exile" announced Sept. 1971 by Mburumba Kerina in New York. §[Not Recognized by the O.A.U.] -176- Southwest African Peoples' Organisation (SWAPO)§ - Founded 1958. Formerly Ovambo People's Organisation. Armed struggle begun 26 Aug. 1966. President: Sam Nujoma. Algeria: 20, rue Dirah, Hydra, Algiers. Finland: Leppasuonkatu 7, Domus Academica B 201, Helsinki 10. Sweden: Flaggvagen 3, 18350 Taby. Tanzania: Provisional Headquarters, Kaluta Street, P.O. Box 2603, Dares Salaam (phone: 23749). Bi-monthly bulletin: Namibia--today. Irreg. publication: Namibia documentation. U.A.R.: 5, Ahmed Hishmat Street, Zamalek, Cairo. U.K.: 10 Dryden Chambers, 119 Oxford Street, London WlR lPA. Representative: Peter Katjavivi. Issues: Namibia news (1968). 56/- p.a. by air. U.S.: 657 West 16lst Street, Apt. 3F, New York, N.Y. 10032. U.S./U.N. representative: Thea Ben Gurirab. Issues: SWAPO information bulletin. Zambia: P.O. Box 577, Lusaka. §[Recognized by the O.A.U.] S/¥J T(Jt[ JWD PRINCIFf Comite de Libertacao de Sao Tome ~Principe (CLSTP/Committee for the Liberation of the St. Thomas and Prince Islands)§ -Founded Sept. 1960. Secretary-General: Tomas Medeiros. Gabon: Libreville. §[Recognized by the O.A.U.] S(Jv1ALIA Front de Liberation de la Cote des Somalis (FLCS/Liberation Pronto[ the SomalrcoastJ9- South Yemen: Aden. §[Recognized by the O.A.U.] -177- African National CoAlress £[South Afrfch (A.N.C.)§ - Founded 1912. ~1itary aTTrance w1t ZAPU announced 13 August 1967. Acting President: Oliver R. Tambo. Algeria: 5 Ben Maehidi Larbi, Algiers. Canada: 328 Adelaide West, Toronto, Ontario. India: Flat 68, Baghat Singh Market, New Delhi-1. Tanzania: 15 Nkrumah Street, P.O. Box 2239, Dar es Salaam (phone: 28031); Temporary Headquarters, P.O. Box 680, Morogoro. U.A.R.: 5 Ahmad Hishmat Street, Zamalek, Cairo. U.K.: 49 Rathbone Street, London WlA 4NL. Monthly letterpress magazine: Sechaba (1967; totally banned in S.A. 12 May 1967) . Editor and A.N.C. Director of Publicity and Information: M.P. Naicker. 1/- per copy; surface: $6 p.a. (U.S.A./Canada), £1.50 (Europe), £2 (Africa/Asia); air: $12 p.a. (U.S.A./Canada), £4 (elsewhere). Indexes for v. 1-3 priced@ $1 (U.S.A./ Canada), 25p (elsewhere). Subscription also available from LSM Information Center @$5 p.a. Quarterly monograph-series: South African studies (1971). Surface: $1.50 p.a. (U.S.A./Canada), 60p (elsewhere); air: $3 p.a. (U.S.A./Canada), 80p (elsewhere). Occasional pamphlets and posters; e.g., African National Congress: a short history; Southern African revolution; South Africa3 Apartheid and Britain (25¢ U.S.A./Canada, lOp elsewhere); Fight against Apartheid (26-page photo album@ $5 U.S.A./Canada, £1.25 elsewhere); Support the struggle for S.A. freedom (24" x 24" poster @25¢ U.S.A./ Canada, 1Op. e 1sewhere) . U.S.: A.N.C. Office to the U.N. and North America, 28 East 35th Street, New York, N.Y . 10016. U.N./U.S.A. repre­ sentative: Thami Mhlambiso~ Zambia: P.O. Box 1791, Lusaka. §[Recognized by the O.A.U.] -178- Pan-Africanist Co~ess £[Azania (P.A.C.J§ ----- Founded April 59. Formerly: Pan Africanist Congress of South Africa.
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